E-books after the Amazon fiasco: The Bottom Line
Now that Macmillan showed that a publishing company could get Amazon to raise prices on e-books, will others follow? We talk to Clayton Morris and Brian Heater to make sense of the still developing e-book landscape.
Guests:
- Brian Heater , PC Mag
- Clayton Morris , Fox News Channel
CES 2010: Copia Social E-Reader
From CES 2010, we take a look at the Copia social E-Book reader with the ability to share your book choices with friends on the Copia social collaboration network.
Nook, Kindle, Sony readers compared: Holiday e-book picks
One of the categories we've been fawning over for the entire year is e-readers. Their lovely e-ink displays are so easy on the eyes that with the holidays approaching, we wanted to pick the perfect unit. To do that, Eric Sandine, Iyaz Akhtar and myself strike up a convo about the ones that we're most excited about, and the ones we're least likely to pick up. The downside? Some of them still haven't officially hit the streets, or aren't available because they're sold out. The upside? We're still going to talk about our favs, in hopes we'll get some sort of holiday IOU, or the like.
PS3, e-readers and laptops: What we want for Black Friday
Tis the season for gadgets, and while Turkey day is Thursday, gadget gurus know Friday is the annual free-for-all for the Christmas season. What are some of the big presents under the tree this year? We ask Christina Warren from Mashable, and our own Iyaz Akhtar.
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Sony will allow you to transfer books to other devices
Sony has released a few more details about its upcoming refresh of its Reader line. Sony will be selling books through its online store in the ePub format which will allow you to transfer the e-book between devices which support the ePub format. Don't get too excited though; the e-books will still have a DRM scheme developed by Adobe.